Foot-clip for treadles of sewing-machines.



Patented May 6, I902,

A; EPPICH.

FOOT CLIP FOB TREADLES 0F SEWING MACHINES.

' (Application filed Sept. 14, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTTLD STATES ATFNT FFICE.

ANTON EPPIOH, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND FOOT-CLIP FOR TREADLES OF SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,610, dated May 6, 1902.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTON EPPICH, a citizen of the United States, whose post-office address is No. 75 Goddard street, in the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Clips for the Treadles of Sewing-Illachines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a foot-clip adapted to be secured upon the treadles of sewingmachines; and the object of my invention is to provide an attachment for engaging the forward parts of the feet of the operator, whereby the feet are held in a firm position upon the treadle during the time of running the machine.

My invention consists in the combination, with the treadle of a sewing-machine, of a metallic strip made of resilient material having a flat central portion, with outward extensions therefrom, each of which extensions is curved in the arc of a circle, and means to secure said clip to the treadle, as hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my attachment complete. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the clip. Fig. 3 is a perspective View illustrating a treadle with the clip in position thereon and engagingthe feet of the operator. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the treadle, taken in line a: a: of Fig. 3, showing the clip secured thereon.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the different views of the drawings.

Referring to Fig. 1, A represents the clip as a whole, made of a metallic strip of resilient material having a flat central portion Ct, with outwardly-curved extensions Z) Z). The fiat portion a of the clip is provided with a squareshaped opening 0 to receive a bolt d for securing the clip to the treadle B of the machine. The bolt d has an enlarged head at integral therewith at one end of its shank, and the opposite portion of its shank is circumferentially screw-threaded to receive a washer and nut, respectively, as at f and g.

To apply the clip to the treadle, the bolt is of a length to project through one of the openings h in the ornamental ironwork of the treadle, as seen in Figs. 3 and 5, and by screwing up the nut g forces the washer f, which has a large bearing-surface, to contact with the bottom face of the treadle, and the clip when in position upon the treadle is prevented from turning by the square portion (1 of the bolt, which fits in the opening 0 of the fiat portion of the clip.

This foot-clip is situated forward of the axial center of the trunnion t' of the treadle,laterally therewith, and having the extreme ends of its curved extensions clear from the top surface of the treadle, as shown inFig. 5.

It will be very readily understood by my device when the forward parts of the feet of the operator are inserted in the clip its curved extensions clasp upon and hold the feet firmly in place upon the face of the treadle, and thereby reducing the amount of exertion required to operate the same.

This foot-clip formsa very simple construction, is quickly applied to the treadle, and at the same time inexpensive to manufacture.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In combination with a treadle of a machine, of a foot-clip consisting of a metallic strip, of resilient material, having a fiat central portion provided with a square-shaped opening with two extensions from said fiat portion, each of which extensions is curved in the arc of a circle, with a bolt having one portion of its shank square-shaped to fit in the opening of said foot-clip and its opposite portion circumferentially screw-threadedto receive a washer and nut, respectively, to hold said clip in position upon the treadle, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-describedfoot-clip Ahaving a central fiat portion a with outwardly-curved wings or extensions Z) Z) therefrom, said flat portion provided with a square-shaped opening, the bolt cl having an enlarged head d and having its shank provided with a square- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON EPPICH.

Witnesses:

O. ABBOTT GARDNER,

5 a washer and nut, respectively, to engage upon the threaded portion of said bolt, as

shown and described. 1 WM. R. FEssENDEN. 

